Senior Production Planner - Tennessee, Arlington 11576 Memphis Arlington Rd

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Who we want-

• Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.

• Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.

• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

What you will do-

The Production Planner will ensure the accuracy and efficiency of the production schedule for all of Arlington’s manufacturing operations.  The Production Planner will be tasked with improving business processes/systems in order to achieve department goals around service level, inventory turns and minimization of excess and obsolete inventory. This role may lead project teams to address specific business opportunities and problems.

• Maintain a valid two month rolling Master Schedule

• Provide detailed weekly production schedule from rolling Master Schedule

• Responsible for checking material availability during the scheduling processes and doing a final check of required material and documentation release prior to publishing the production schedule

• Maintain and update ERP settings as it relates to manufactured SKU’s (i.e. lot size, minimum balance, lead times etc.)

• Participate in forecasting processes and operations planning meetings as required to develop and maintain Master Production Schedule and inventory of finished goods, demand with supply, and communicate potential customer service issues

• Identify and resolve conflicts with supply and demand, and availability of capacity

• Utilize hypothetical scenarios to evaluate proposed Master Schedule changes to determine the impact on parts, materials, efficiency and capacity

What you need-

• Bachelor’s degree- required

• 2+ years of production/planning/scheduling work experience- required

• Subject Matter Expert in excel- highly preferred

• ERP systems and computer software experience- highly preferred 

• Experience in a highly regulated industry- highly preferred

• APICS certification- preferred

Travel Percentage: 0%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.